According to the latest figures, the UK’s fertility rate has dropped slightly from a high of 1.2 to a high of 1.1.

This number has been confirmed by the Scientific Consultant Emergency (SAG), which advises the government on its response to the epidemic.

Scientists have estimated that the reproductive number, known as the R number, is now between 1.0 and 1.1.

And each represents the average number of people Covid Positive individuals are infected.

This means that on an average, between 10 and 11 people will be infected with coronavirus.

Breeding numbers were between 1.0 and 1.2 last week.

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And the number is an indicator of how quickly scientists use it to determine COVID-19 Spreading

No more numbers breakdown in England

England: 1.0 – 1.1

East England: 1.0 – 1.3

London: 1.0 – 1.2

Midlands: 1.0 – 1.2

Northeast and Yorkshire: 1.0 – 1.1

Northwest: 0.8 – 1.0

Southeast: 1.1 – 1.3

Southwest: 1.0 – 1.3

When the figure is above 1, an outbreak can increase rapidly.

The growth rate, which estimates how fast the number of infections is changing day by day, is between 0% and plus 2% as a whole in the UK.

This means that the number of new infections is increasing from 0% to 2% every day.

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Estimates for R and growth rates are shown as a range, and according to experts the true values ​​may be within this range.

The SAG further said that the figures released on Friday more accurately represent the average situation of the last few weeks than the current situation.

The latest R numbers and growth rate have been released, the health secretary told Sky News A mass vaccination program Will run “in a few weeks”.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) says the number of coronavirus infections in England is likely to be higher. “Equal“In recent weeks.